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Gameweek 1 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) comes to a head this evening, with Elland Road hosting its first Premier League match since May 2023.

Everton are Leeds United’s visitors tonight, with the game getting underway at 20:00 BST.

Jayden Bogle is fit to start for the hosts, having missed the last fortnight or so through injury.

He’s the only change from the final pre-season XI that Daniel Farke sent out, with Isaac Schmidt making way.

That means that Lucas Perri is between the sticks, with £4.0m FPL goalkeeper Karl Darlow only on the bench.

Summer recruits Sean Longstaff, Lukas Nmecha and Sebastiaan Bornauw are also among the substitutes, with fellow new boy Dominic Calvert-Lewin – who only signed on Friday – not in the squad.

Speaking of recent signings, Jack Grealish is on the bench for the Toffees.

So too is new striker Thierno Barry but Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall makes the starting XI following his early-August move from Chelsea.

Beto leads the line for David Moyes’ side, who are missing key defenders Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitalii Mykolenko through injury.

Two more full-backs, Nathan Patterson and Adam Aznou, are absent, too.

LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Perri, Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Tanaka, Stach, James, Gnonto, Piroe.

Subs: Darlow, Byram, Longstaff, Aaronson, Harrison, Ramazani, Nmecha, Bornauw and Gruev.

Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall, Gana, Iroegbunam, Alcaraz, Beto, Ndiaye.

Subs: Travers, Tyrer, McNeil, Barry, Chermiti, Grealish, Coleman, Armstrong, Onyango.


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  1. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Pen

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 7 days ago

      Harsh, arm by side

  2. F4L
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    handball?

  3. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Nooo

  4. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Tarko pen given

  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    thats a pen, had time to move arm

    1. xuwei
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 months, 7 days ago

      Don't agree. Harsh.

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        8 months, 7 days ago

        it could go either way, but end of the day his arm went towards a ball that was shot from 10-ish yards away. no intention to use arm but can see why it was given and especially not overturned

  6. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Tark playing libero

  7. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Pickford to save the pen and get a 15 pointer!?

  8. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Booking?

  9. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    How are Tarkowski owners feeling?

  10. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Toffee

  11. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Leeds 1

  12. JBG
    • 7 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Theeeere we go.

  13. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Ndiaye CS mudded

  14. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    lol, Pickford reading his notes, then realises he doesn’t know who the taker is 😆

    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 7 days ago

      Haha exactly what I thought

  15. The FPL Units
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Nice, Everton CS goone

  16. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Couldn't Stach just scored

  17. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Does Stach get assist?

  18. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Barry boys on

  19. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Tarkowski owners in the mud

  20. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Everton clean gone. Nice.

  21. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Please be Piroe at least

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 7 days ago

      He's subbed off

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 7 days ago

        GET IN!

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 7 days ago

      From the bench lol

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 7 days ago

        Means price rises, I’ll take it, got triple Spurs back 3 so can’t complain haha

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          8 months, 7 days ago

          Re Gundmundsson not Piroe post!

  22. Wirtzle Gummidge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    I guess that was another interception for Tarkowski eh

  23. xuwei
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    I guess the ball does lie.

  24. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Beto punt went as expected

  25. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    5.0 FWD on pen

  26. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Harsh on Tarko (owners).

  27. DeSelby
    • 3 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Nmecha essential.

    1. Wet Bandits
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 months, 7 days ago

      -4 and in for next week!

  28. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Sure there used to be more activity on here on MNF in recent years.

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      8 months, 7 days ago

      It’s Leeds-Everton though

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 7 days ago

      Site is going downhill.. No one posting anything interesting as a community any more, everyone is just going to their favorite "content creator" youtube channel for someone to copy. New "posters" are boot licking turds with no personality.

      This site hasnt been the same the last 3 years or so and its only getting worse.

      1. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 7 days ago

        It really does seem so much quieter and youre right the personalities have dropped away. It must be the CCs who are literally you and me but with too much time on their hands. Why on earth people listen to them is beyond me. Just sheep.

  29. The FPL Units
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    Rugby tackle on Jack

  30. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 7 days ago

    At 87 min
    Bps
    Gudmundsson (LEE) (34)
    Stach (LEE) (26)
    Struijk (LEE) (26)
    Rodon (LEE) (25)
    Perri (LEE) (23)
    Bogle (LEE) (20)
    Nmecha (LEE) (20)
    Garner (EVE) (17)

    Def. Contributions
    Tarkowski (EVE) (14)
    Garner (EVE) (9)
    Iroegbunam (EVE) (9)
    Ndiaye (EVE) (9)
    Ampadu (LEE) (8)
    Gudmundsson (LEE) (8)
    Stach (LEE) (8)
    Gnonto (LEE) (7)